Shoe-lacing stud.



No. 783,949. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. C. H. HARDEN.

SHO-E LAGING STUD.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNI: 4, 1904.

Witnesses ventor @M @ji Ht-kornegs lllrrrrEn STATES Patented February 28, 19015.

PATENT CEEICE.

CLARENCE HARTLEY HARDEN, OF CAMDEN, NEV JERSEY.

SHOE-LAHNG STUD..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. Y1"'83,l49, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed June 4, 1.904.. Serial No. 211,179.

Be it known that I', CLARENCE HARTLEY llAnDnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, in thc county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Lacing Stud, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the hooks employed for securing laces upon shoes, more particularly on ladies shoes, and has for its object to improve the construction and provide a device of this character free from projecting portions to catch upon the garments of the wearer.

lNith these and other objectsin view, which `will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

1n the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right is therefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications which fall within the scope of the invention and the claims made therefor.

1n the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a side View, partially in section, of a portion of a shoe with the improved device applied. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 1. is a plan view, enlarged, of one of the improved lacing-studs detached.

The lacing-studs of shoes, more particularly of ladies shoes as ordinarily constructed, cause frequent annoyance by catching upon the garments of the wearer, and to prevent this annoyance is the principal object of the present invention, which consists in a base member 10, preferably in the form of an eyelet, for riveting through the shoe material 11 and provided with a lateral projection of resilient material for bending into a lace-engag ing hook 12, extending over the base portion and curved downwardly toward the same and thence outwardly again, as at 13, to form a contracted converging entrance into the hook.

The lacing-studs will be attached to the shoe by their respective base portions on opposite sides of the front slit with the free terminals of the hooks pointing upward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the garments of the wearer when drawn over them will not catch on the hooks, but will slide ofi' from the same, as will be obvious. The shoe-lace represented at 14 is woven through and around the hooks 12 in the ordinary manner and will be snapped into the same by being drawn into their contracted throats 13, which will yield to permit the passage and will then automatically close again to prevent the too-easy release.

The hooks pointing upwardly as the foot of the wearer is thrust forwardly, the rear sides of the hooks being presented to the garments will readily pass beneath them and will not c; tch thereon, while at the same time the contracted portion 13, approaching the base portion relatively close, will not catch the garments during the retrograde movement.

The device is very simple in construction and will not increase the expense, as the cost of manufacture will be no greater than with the ordinary lacing-stud. o

Having thus described the invention,l what is claimed is The combination with a shoe, of a lacingn stud comprising an attaching member and a hook, the side of the hook being disposed parallel with the edge of the tongue-slit and having its free end pointing toward the top of the upper.

1n testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, CLARENCE lliilt'lhlrlY .llAltllEN iVitnesses:

LEVI C. VAN HART, HENRY L. Non'ru. 

